Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-06-03
Professional Love Making.

Lovely Miss Lucinda Tyler went
to Farmer Hayseed's for the summer.
The object of her visit was to secure
rest and quiet. She decided to ab-
stain from all social excitement, and
at first she succeeded After awhile,
however, her resolution gradually
gave way, and she found herself in
dulging in q pleasant little Irritation
with farmer Hayseed's son, John.
John was good looking and ac-
commodating, and he did not object
in the least to the effects of the city
I girls destinations. In fact, he rather
seemed to like it, ard when he got
hold of her hand one evening-acci-
dentally, of course, and gave it
good squeeze, the affair developed in
to something serious.
OF course Miss Tyler's affections
were not permanently disabled, but
she sympathized with the steady de-
votion of her admirer, and encour
aged him, because she, like all women
fancied that sort of thing. Even
Eve left poor Adam for an hour to
flirt with that very insinuating gentle
man known as Beelzebub.
Johns courtship was placid and
unremitting. Everything he could
do for Miss Tyler was done. 1t was,
therefore, with regret, that he saw
the end of August approaching, for
then she was to leave. He took her
out riding. They entered a long,
we'll shaded, romantic looking road,
and almost before Miss Tyler knew
anything, John exclaimed with more
or less emotion:
"I love you'
"This is very sudden" she replied,
81 hope you amt mad about it,"
"No; | don't known-and as she
faltered his arm encircled her waist.
There was silence for a minute or
two, andi then pity got the better of
the dear girls feelings, and she said
softly:
John, / should think that you
would get tired of the monotony of
your life here"
Eyes; it is kind o. tiresome some
times"
"Tell me what you do"
"You won't get mad about it?"
Certainly not"
"Well, you know, we run this
farm in summer SOS to make enough
to keep the family the rest of the
year. Nom sees to the cooking, pap
tends to the work out doors, and they
make me do all the love making busi
ness"
"The love making business"
eyes, that's what it amounts to.
Flirt with the boarders, you know,
and make 'em believe that they've
made mash First it was tough
work-kind o. bashful, you know
and the first summer | only popped
to two girls. The next summer | got
up to six. Last summer reached
dozen, and this year--but, say, you
amt mad about it, are you ?''
"No, dear john and her head
nestled fondly on his shoulder
"What pretty hat you have. Let
me hold it for you, and, dear John,
how soft and fine your hair is."
"And she ran her fingers gently
through his chestnut locks Pres
emily she put both hands up there,
and, after getting good tight hold,
she pulled with all the gathered
strength of q six weeks vacation.
John tried to yell, but he couldn't
his breath forsook him. He tried to
speak, but it was no go.
The big tears that rolled down his
cheeks were the only manifestations
of his misery, but they were enough
to touch heart of stone. In about
a minute-to John it seemed a cen.
tury-the lovely Miss Tyler released
her hold and gathered several
dozen strands of chestnut hair into
small knot.
"No, dear John" she said in her
sweetest way, II AMT mad. | only
wanted lock of your lovely hair for
summer souvenir And now, dear
John, suppose we return"
Dear John obeyed without o mur-
mer. They reached home, and that
night, at family council, John is-
sued his ultimatum.
Dad" said he, "if there's any
more courtin' business to be done
round here you've got to do it. I've
quit for good"
The Deadly Salamanders.
New York. Nav IT-About ten